·
Manage
your time – think like a business owner and not an employee. This makes you
prioritize and delegate properly.
·
Take
care, initiative – surprise your boss with extras but be sure you get the most
important one done first.
- Politics:
understand it and make it work for you.
– it’s simply humans doing what they’ve known to do since being
cavemen…working together. Work on building a network of supporters. A
broader base of supporters will give you more power to enact your great
ideas in the future.
- Make
your boss look good: when he does, so do you! Think ahead of your boss.
Stay above the fray and strive to associate with top producing colleagues.
- Don’t
gossip: try nor to speak ill of others, it does you no good…neither does
it do to anyone for that matter! If you need to vent, do so with your
family at home. Gossip is a waste of time.
- Be
a good leader: You can be a thought leader as well as being an
action leader
-
Follower:
Be a follower…even if your title says you’re the designated leader, be open to
ideas from people below you in rank and never
fear their success, embrace their success and you win too. Trying to squash
their ideas and success out of fear only makes you weak and lose respect.
-
Team
player: A good team player facilitates the involvement of others on the team
according to their strengths.
- Take
smart risks: Forge a new path.
- Pick
your battles carefully: Don’t fight for every idea. Make sure it will
benefit the company.
- Details:
find the right balance – don’t forget the details of your job and don’t
drown in them either.
- Work
hard, work smart: hard work makes play so pleasurable.
- Be
positive and enthusiastic: don’t think you have to be serious all the
time. people want to be around positive happy people. See good, speak
positive, encourage everyone and watch it come back to you.
- Seek
out mentors: if you admire someone successful, contact them and offer to
help them in some way. You’ll hopefully be able to build a relationship
with that person and learn from them over time.
- Manage
your career: don’t wait for your boss to send you on training: set your
quarterly objectives, write your reviews or give yourself a career
coaching because these things don’t happen sometimes. Take the bull by the
horn. Make it easy for your boss to review you by handing him or her all
your accomplishments. Seek out coaching all the time from lots of
different people.
- Understand
the big picture: make it happen on your own and make do with what is
available. Try to understand where the company is headed in the long term
and how your team fits into the overall picture.
- Learn
how to motivate people to take action: thus being able to implement your
ideas to improve the company and make a difference for clients. This grows
your career. Act with integrity and fulfill your promises to build trust.
- Always
be learning: seek out training and education, read business books and
magazines, learn from mentors, heroes, enemies and from your mistakes.
Make a habit of reflecting on the things you learn each day. Be creative
in what you learn. It may be unrelated but is a parallel that fosters a
new idea for business growth.
- Self
promotion: let people know the good things you are accomplishing. You
won’t always be noticed by just working hard.
- Focus
on excellence: do all you do well – dress well, be on time, deliver on
your promises, produce high quality work. Your career will manifest in
accordance with your focus on excellence.
- Recognize
moments of truth: everyday you have moments of truth. When you consistently
do the right thing at many moments of truth, they will add up to a massive
positive impact on your career.
- Make
others feel good: it’s the Golden rule. Celebrate other people’s success.
Be sincere and demonstrate that by being specific in what you say.
Source: Woman to Woman Magazine, 10th Anniversary
Edition.